Happy Thanksgiving

Jack and Lantern

Carved up our pumpkins ...


Happy Jumpin' J sized one and Scary Daddy sized one.

Now onto toasted pumpkin seeds and pumpkin pies!!!

Pure New England Fall Joy!

Honey Pot Hill Orchards... a fall haven of goodness.... a maze, apples, pumpkins, apples, animals, apples, cider donuts, apples, hay rides, and did we mention apples?

Time is Flying

Here's a preview of what's been going on at our house the last couple of weeks...

Jumpin' J after riding the Maid of the Mist under Niagara Falls.

Hiding in the weeping willow while playing golf with Jeff, Karen, and Daddy in Syracuse.

"Rex"s big ultrasound, no we didn't find out "what" s/he is ;)

Higher Daddy Higher

The playground is great but with Daddy in tow it is amazing!!! The swing was by far Jumpin' J's favorite thing at the playground...

First to swing with Daddy...

Then to have Daddy push you...

And then the biggest pushes ever...

Higher Daddy Higher He Says!!!

Big Truck Day

Life just doesn't get much better than our local
Big Truck Day

Firetruck
TWO Ambulances
Police Car
Police Motorcycle
Dump Truck
Garbage Truck
Tanker Truck
Big Tow Truck
School Bus
... And a FREE Hard Hat!

Recent Adventures

Summer is almost here and Jumpin J is already making the most of the good weather!!! I have been slacking lately here on the blog so I promise to try to do better going forward. But to tide you over here are a few recent pictures. J's hair is awesome right now because when you put sunscreen in it you can make it stay in a red mohawk and who wouldn't want a red mohawk!?!?!?

Water Water Everywhere!!

The petting zoo at the big zoo, baby goats are cool!

Playing at the Grist Mill with Daddy while Mommy works.

Berry waffles with cream

Usually J's dad cooks breakfast on Saturday mornings but this week we were seriously missing our favorite breakfast place and so we decided to brave the outside world and go to Rebecca's. Jumpin' J got to have Patriotic waffles with strawberries, real whipped cream, and blueberries, yummmy!!!

Which came first?

The animal cracker or the egg? In our house the egg did but the animal cracker soon followed.



A dozen eggs were not enough coloring for Jumpin' J and his dad so they colored animal crackers too, one for each egg to "guard" the eggs. From what I'm still not sure, I think it's a guy thing ;)

Sidewalk Chalk Drawings

Jumpin' J loves to color. And he got a big box of chalk from Grandma Laurie which we have been making good use of. Sean got home the other day to find J and I drawing in the driveway and since he's the best Daddy in the world he jumped right in to help. I have to admit his prowess in drawing spiders but I still think my flower was better than his even if J thought it was another spider.

And J loved my "ladybug" and Sean's spider so much that he laid down on the ground to give them kisses, soooo funny!

A Hunting We Will Go

I still have so many good memories of the Easter egg hunts and my grandparent's house as a kid, even the one when I was 5 and had the chicken pox and had to have my own private hunt in the house. So when Sean and I heard about the Huge Egg Hunt at a nature reserve near our house I suggested we go. And boy was it worth it!
Come on guys, let's go

Oooh a purple one

Daddy, there's more over here

Putting them carefully in his basket

And a hug for you, Easter Bunny!

Caught Red Handed

Our house has been the house of klutz this weekend!!! Yesterday at dinner time J tried to drink out of my water glass and dropped and broke it, it was apparently too "hebby"! Then Daddy knocked into a bowl of milk when making Jello pudding last night and spilled it all over the floor. Don't worry he didn't cry over it.

I spent a good part of the night giving Sean a hard time that J is just like him so it was much to my chagrin that when baking an apple pie today I reached for the cinnamon and knocked over and broke an entire bottle of RED food coloring. After much scrubbing it is still a nice pink tint on my hands. So I guess J doesn't fall far from either tree!

Yummy Yummy Chimichanga

Jumpin' J's dad and I think it's so funny to hear J say Chimichanga that we tell him all "mexican" food are chimichangas. Here he is eating his first real soft taco aka chimichanga!

Pools Galore

I think that if Jumpin' J could go swimming every day he would. His favorite time of the day is tubby time and he loves "swimming" any chance he can get. So two of the days we were visiting Grandpa Kimball and Arlene we went over to one of the family pools and took J swimming. He had a blast and would have stayed until he turned into a prune had we let him!

Here's one of the benefits of swimming with Daddy!

Disney Adventure

Since J's dad was able to take a day off of work while J and I were still in FL we decided to spend the big bucks to take in Mickey and the gang for a day. After forgetting about the almost $175 just to get in the door we were able to really enjoy our day. The end of January is a good time to visit Disney since it is one of their slower times of the year and we got to ride on all the rides we wanted to.

Some of J's favorites were Indy 500, Peter Pan,
Pooh's Adventures, and the merry-go-round.

But the best ride was the Mad Hatter's Teaparty!

We waited in line for a while to get to meet Mickey and Minnie
and it was totally the highlight of the day!

We made it from Tomorrowland to Adventureland in one day!

It was just starting to get dark when we headed out
but we caught a short fireworks show over Cinderella's castle,
all in all a dream come true day!!!!

Presents from Santa

Just what we always wanted!!! Jumpin' J got his train set and a tent and tunnel set...

J's dad got a jogging stroller for he and J to use....

And I got candy and a toothbrush ;) oh yeah and a GPS for my car!

Ho Ho Ho Came

And J's dad and I caught him on video!!! Here's J watching the video with his dad...

And here's what Santa left upstairs for us...

And here's what he left downstairs!

Great Train Escape

OK so they didn't actually escape but I think Jumpin' J would have gone to live there if he could. Last weekend J, his dad, and I went to the New England Model Train show and it was AWESOME! J sat on Santa's lap which he wasn't so psyched about but was totally stoked when Santa gave him a present. Then as soon as that was over he was OFF and RUNNING dragging his dad behind him!

He had seen a Thomas set from the door and made a beeline.

Then off again! Com'on Daddy, let's go!!!!

We went from table to display and back again! There were so many trains and things to do; it was truly one of the most fun days we've all had this fall!

We didn't leave 'til the thumb came out and it was time for a nap! We're already planning to go to the Worcester show in February and we'll go back to this one again next fall!!!